Hay press discharge apparatus



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UNITED sTATss PATENT oFFi-cE--- emma n. aannam), or"y summon, onEeoN I l l my Pansa macminer: arrmrus My invention relates to apparatus adapted in the baledform is discharged and elevated for attachment to hay presses employing a to an altitude calculated to facilitate the power actuated plunger and adjustable frichandling of the bales inloading, transportation means for retarding the 'movement of tion or storage together with certain angular hay impelled by said plunger to compact the relationships, inherent in the design, roduc-` 55 same into bales, and more particularly to a tive of certain valuable effects, an also a means for utilizing a portion of the work of secondary inclined way whichserv as a1 said plunger ordinarlly dissipated in said structural member and av slidewayv over which friction means. -v -the divider-boards are returned to the press, v

1o The principal object of myinvention is the the'whole being capable of folding for move- @o saving of labor necessary tothe operationof ment of the. apparatus from place to place baling hay and loading the same for trans. without detachment from the press. v portation'y or stora v A horizontal plane 1 ,'s hinged to the rear-v A secondary obJect isthe construction of Amost part of the hay press at 2, the opposite suchan apparatus in portable form. end thereof being 'supported by a leg 3 of ada5 Other objects andadvantagesof my invenjustable length. To this horlzontal plane 1 tion will be apparentv in .the following disat its outermost end an adjustablyinclined course wherein the significance ofthe refer- .plane 4 is hinged thereto at 5 and supported ence characters in the accompanying drawat various angles of inclinationby' la pair of ings, details of construction of a typical a symmetrical diagonal membersas 6 provided 70 paratus embodyingm-y invention, and t e with seriesof suitable engagements as 7, the particular advantages thereof are explained. same being pivotallylattached at 8 to a super- Figure 1 represents in -elevation aside view vposed inclined plane 9fwhere a vertical strucof the entire apparatus together with a hay tural member 10 is also pivotally attached to press of usual design. V transmit' the vertical thrust imposed at this 15 Y Figure Qrepresents inl elevation a side view pointto the inclined plane 4 below and thence of the apparatus of my` invention in its foldto the ground through the leg 3. ed positlon together with a fragmentof the y Another inclined planell is hinged at 12 havp'ress above referredto. v to a pairl of s mmetrical pieces as 13 xedly '30 Figure 3 represents across sectional view secured to the discharge end of the hay press. 80 of the` apparatus taken on the line 3'3- 0f The twoinclined planes 9 and l1 aredetach- Figure 1. ably joined by loose-pin hinges at 14.

Figure 4 represents a plan view of a frag- A pair of symmetrical vertical members as mentof the apparatus. 15, representing the obverse one thereof, piv-v 5 represents inanother aspect thany otally attached-to both "the inclined planes4 35 l shown in Figure 1 a .fragment of theappaand 9 complete a folding parallelograrnmatic ratus particularly illustrating a platform structure lcomprising the two parallel in-l and s cale ordinarily used. clined planes 4 and 9 and the two pairs of piv- Figure 6 is a diagram illustrative of the otally attached vertical members as 10 and`15.

0 manner ofapplication tothe apparatus of the Appended to this structure are a 'scale- 9o i' mechanical principles involved. head. 16hinged at-,17 tothe inclinedplane Figure7 isadiagram illustrative-ofaman- 9 and a delivery platform 1,8 hingedv at 19 ner of' use of the apparatus to facilitate to the inclined plane 4* at the pivotal june-- the loading of baled hay.for transportation. ture therewith of the, vertical member 15. Figure Sis a diagram illustrative of a man- The delivery platform 18 is of the general 95 ner of use of the apparatus to facilitate the form of a bell-crank in" its lateral aspect,vr loading. of baled hay for storage on the when considered with a depending part ground. thereof 20 which is the obverse one of a A My invention consists in the use of an inpair thereof rigidly related thereto. A vari- 0 clined way upon which the hay from the press able angular relationship of-this platform 100 v equipped with a scale and dependingplatf 18v with. thefinclined 'planeet is provided for by a pair of symmetrical piecesvas 21 iv otally attached as at 22 `to the depen 'ng parts as of the delivery platform 18, and a provided with a series of suitable engagements as 23 to secure the same in xed position jupon the inclined plane 4 which is fitted with a cooperatingstud Orother means as at24. .s

For one ,-inanx'ier: off'use n'the't apparatus is 25 4, is released.' The resistance imposed upon f the bales discharging from the press, by the 'c bales rising upon the inclined plane 4 supplements that remaining portion of the total resistance necessary to eiiicient operation of 13o-the press imposed by the friction means incorporated in the hay press. Thus, the total .resistance t'o the ymovement of the pressed hay, when the apparatus of my invention is employed, comprises that imposed in the hay 85 press by the usual means but of. a lesser magnitude, plus that imposed by the bales rising `:on the inclined plane 4;

' When this adjustment has been made the press is fed and operated in the usual man-- 40 ner and the bales will be delivered at the. de- `livery platform -18,.Figure 6, or directly fr fupon the scale platform 26', Figurel'l, where -`fi-'the weight of each bale will be registered A upon the scale. each bale will be delivered upon the scale vplatform independently of every otherbale, asfillustrated in Figurefl, and, owing to the V""intlern'iittent nature of the impelling force' contributed by the plunger of the machine 5 each bale will rest free upon the scale v"pl`at' I"form and accurate indications of weight'registeredy All of which accrues out of 'the' relationship 'of the horizontal deliveryplatform and the inclined plane adjacent thereto and the intermittent nature of the plunger action above Vmentioned.

`When the scaleis used i'n the apparatus,

as when hay is being loaded for transportation,` Figure 7,. the dividere-boards, indicated at 28 and 29 inFigure 1 and at 30", 31, and.' 32- in Figure 7 are placed 'on the upper in clinediplane 9' in vFigures 6 and Y, down which they slide to the `position 'indicated by 6&5 that one 33 illustrated in Figure -6 wherethe ivder board until will be handled' fro apparatus ordinarily two men thle operation of ballng and load- It is `to be observed that' operation on vtion of theplanes 4 8nd thev press operatorliliaI further use in the press.

In another use as when the scale is not i employed and the hay is being stored upon the ground asillustrated in Figure 8, the dew A liver platform 18', Figure 6, serves to retain the man workinga-t e that end of the machine can deposit the just removed from the delivery platform and return-'to placef'vtlie divider'J-bcard" upon the return chute 9', Figures 6 and 7.

"It will be obviousthat the bales of 'hay his -elevated position labor and eort; the displacing the labor of with a minimum of To prepare the apparatus for movement from place to 'place or travel alongA the road or inthe field, the loose-pin at the joint 14, Figure 1, is removed thus disconnecting the two The apparatus is -thus carried uponrthe `hay press to itsplace ofstora'ge. or next op- Owing to the length of the apparatus overhanging he wheels of the carriage of the hay press, travel over rough or uneven ground would be diihcult if not impossible without Vdamage to the apparatus were it not for still further provisionsinherent in my invention to circumvent'this annoyance.

In Figures 1 and 2 it will be observed that the outermost end of the 'horizontal lane 1 is supported by a diagonal tie mem r 35 of chain or .the like, capable of compression but rigid in tension. If'therear'wheels of the press carriage sink into a depressionl in the ound and cause contact of the planel thereplanes 11 and 9. The lplane 1 1 is rotated upon the remaining attachment in a until it rests upon-'the hay the entire vehicle -accomplished without dam# pended.

ju'sted to the proper height, and the inclina-V age to its parts or those of theapparatus ap-l ustedbymeans ofthe diagonal. The delivery platform is' likewise leveled by means of the member 21, i

uneven ground, the leg 3 is adand the hinged joint 12 at the end ofthe plane 11 is located at that one of the engagements provided in the parts as 13 which is most convenient.

ving described my invention what I claim is: 1. A hay press discharge apparatus comprising, a horizontal way adapted for hinged attachment to the hay press .to receive the bales discharged therefrom, a chain or other supporting means to limit the downward. movement of said horizontal way, a parallelogrammatic structure of two inclined ways to convey the bales to an elevated positionand serve as a chute down which divider boards may be'returned to the press respectively and l suitable vertical members pivotally joined to said inclined ways the same being ]oined to the remaining extremity of said horizontal way by hinge means,l anda way adaptedfor hinged attachment to the hay press and the remaining one of said inclined ways.

2. A. hay press discharge apparatus comprising, an inclined way to convey baled hay to an e evated position, a second inclined way to convey divider boards back to the hay press, wherein the two said inclined ways are pivotally joined by vertical members in a, manner to provide for the folding thereof i o together, and means forattaching the same.

A 3. A hay press discharge apparatus comprising, anginclined way to convey baled hay to an e evated position, a second inclined way to convey vdivider boards back to the hay press, verticalstructural members pivotally attached to said inclined ways, hinged attaching means to connect the a paratus to the press and means to sup ort e same.

4. In hay press dis arge apparatus, the

o combinationfwith means to attach and support the same upon the press of a way to receive the discharged baled hay from the press comprising ahorizontal portion -for attachment adjacent the hay press, an inclined pora tion to carry the bales to an elevatedposition and a further horizontal portion to receive the bales for .inal' delivery, together with an inclined wa foldably sup rted upon said other way adapted to carry diider boards back to the press and a portion of whose extent may be removed to permit of e fol 'the apparatus back upon the hay press or transportation.

` `CHARLES E. BERNARD. 

